Throwing the Fed's Machinery in Reverse: Fed Interest Rate Policies Continue to Damage the Economy

Throwing the Fed’s Machinery in Reverse: Fed Interest Rate Policies Continue to Damage the Economy

09/14/2022 Frank Shostak

The Fed’s tampering with market signals undermines the process of wealth generation, thereby exerting an upward pressure on the time preference interest rate and the market interest rate.

Original Article: “Throwing the Fed’s Machinery in Reverse: Fed Interest Rate Policies Continue to Damage the Economy”

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